«One surgery I performed was on a piranha that ate a plastic plant,» says Susan Horton, DVM, of Chicago Exotics Animal Hospital in Skokie, Ill. «Foreign bodies aren't uncommon, but
water chemistry tends to be the biggest cause of problems with fish.
Not exact matches
Because of these factors the planet's geological
chemistry naturally drags
water down into the mantle, whereas on early Earth hydrated rocks
tended to float until they dehydrate.»
Meanwhile, Christner says, unraveling the
chemistry of ice - binding proteins (which
tend to form a hydrogen bond with
water molecules) could have important biotech applications.